Irked over the Union
Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss trained his guns on Bollywood
superstar Shah Rukh Khan, censor board head Sharmila Tagore took a dig
at him saying the Minister should focus on real issues.
After asking actors to quit smoking on screen, the Minister took
Bollywood head-on over alcohol. It may be mentioned that on Wednesday,
Ramadoss had pointed out that movies were frequently showing 'drunken'
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He specifically targeted Shah Rukh Khan's rendition of a drunken junior
artist in the movie, 'Om Shanti Om'. Ramadoss lashed out at actors
portraying scenes of consuming alcohol to drown their sorrow. He had
expressed pity that these actors have been idolized by the country's
young and old.
When quizzed about the Union Health Minister's stance on the issue of
alcohol, Sharmila Tagore said, "First it was about smoking, then he
spoke about chips and now alcohol. I think what is primarily very
important now is that he should focus on real issues like fake
medicines. There are a lot of drugs that are fakes and it's a known
fact, which is actually causing a lot of problems."
While Sharmila Tagore's ire against the Health Minister isn't that
unexpected, especially after Ramadoss took a dig at her son, Saif Ali
Khan, for endorsing Lays Chips and even went to the extent of citing
the actor's heart attack in relation to his brand endorsement.
With SRK taking potshots at the Minister and Sharmila Tagore also
making her ire public, it looks like that the Minister's popularity
stakes in Bollywood are declining.
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